Prepare for version 3.0-rc1

Author: tumbarumba

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Hamcrest Changes
 
-## Version 3.0 (Unreleased)
+## Version 3.0-rc1 (24th July 2024)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
   [#396](https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues/396),and
   [#399](https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues/399))
 
-### Bugfixes
-
-TBD
 
 ## Version 2.2 (17th October 2019)
 

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ definition. Learn more at [Hamcrest Distributables](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamc
 
 ## Documentation
 
-Documentation can be found on the [Hamcrest site](http://hamcrest.org).
+Documentation can be found on the [Hamcrest site](http://hamcrest.org). For a detailed list of recent changes,
+see [CHANGES.md](CHANGES.md)
 
 ## Reporting Bugs/Issues
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ after first checking that it hasn't been raised already.
 
 Building Hamcrest from source requires a minimum of JDK 1.8.
 
-Clone the repository, and from the top level directory in the repo
+Clone the repository, and from the top level directory in the repo workspace
 run the following command:
 
 ```shell

build.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "org.hamcrest"
-version = "3.0-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "3.0-rc1"
 
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'checkstyle'